Mainland Break evoke deep feelings of nostalgia to ground you in the emotional present on “Portland.” The music video was shot on 8mm in Tijuana, Mexico and looks like an old family vacation film but one where a friend is playing a tiny guitar in numerous locations that look like they have to be from another era. The sparkling guitar melody with its dynamic jangle and steady yet breezy rhythms with warm vocals lingering on the vowels in the verses really conveys a sense of both looking back and assessing while moving toward what’s to come with a freshness of mind and enthusiasm for the here and now. Fans of later period Real Estate and Wild Nothing will find much to appreciate with this single as well as the group’s recently released full-length One Way Ticket to Midnight which dropped on digital, CD and vinyl on July 21, 2023.
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